{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2542989,"song":"Hard Times Are Relative","artist":"Jason Boland & The Stragglers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11512866-hard-times-are-relative-chords-by-jason-boland-the-stragglers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2542989?type=chord","rating":4.75075,"votes":5,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust me and my sister, a dog and a piece of land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy sister’s name is Darlene and the dog is called Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur folks both passed away last fall in the fire at the mill[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe get by on a garden and whatever we can kill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the land there stands a cabin that our grandfather built[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I’m away to hunt, I feel overrun with guilt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause Darlene’s all alone except for the dog and awful dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe’s seven years my younger and I’m only seventeen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe need to fill the smokehouse, winters coming on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know it isn’t easy, since mom and dad been gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe will keep on growing, two branches of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times are relative when it comes to family[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the morning I was off before the sun had kissed the ridge[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhistling new Jimmy Rogers tune as I crossed the coal train bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwo good days of hunting and an evening all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ll quarter up what I take down then pack it all back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy head up in the clouds walking on uneven ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy boots slipped out beneath me and I came a crashing down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo the entrance of a cavern, its walls all were wet with moss[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy rifle up there on the ledge said hope was looking lost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe need to fill the smokehouse, winters coming on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know it isn’t easy, since mom and dad been gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe will keep on growing, two branches of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times are relative when it comes to family[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThree nights nearly frozen, my head filled up with doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo matter how hard I tried there was no climbing out[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI yelled for help then prayed the same and even yelled some prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTears fell at the thought of Darlene with no one there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy mind began to flutter, like the wings of a dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCoulda sworn that I was dreaming when Darlene appeared above[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe lowered down a rope then tied it to a blackjack tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCheyenne had found my drag rack trail and brought her straight to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe need to fill the smokehouse, winters coming on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know it isn’t easy, since mom and dad been gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe will keep on growing, two branches of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times are relative when it comes to family[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs proud as any father of this fearless little one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaring for a homestead while most kids are having fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSmiling on the way back home there were no words I could say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTill we stopped to dress the 10 point buck she had shot along the way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe need to fill the smokehouse, winters coming on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know it isn’t easy, since mom and dad been gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe will keep on growing, two branches of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times are relative when it comes to family[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 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